CVE-2022-24785

Name: CVE-2022-24785
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2022-04-04T17:15:07.583+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 5.66%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-24785 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Moment.js is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. A path traversal vulnerability impacts npm (server) users of Moment.js between versions 1.0.1 and 2.29.1, especially if a user-provided locale string is directly used to switch moment locale. EPSS estimates a 5.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Moment.js is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. A path traversal vulnerability impacts npm (server) users of Moment.js between versions 1.0.1 and 2.29.1, especially if a user-provided locale string is directly used to switch moment locale. This problem is patched in 2.29.2, and the patch can be applied to all affected versions. As a workaround, sanitize the user-provided locale name before passing it to Moment.js.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Probability

5.66%

92.0th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Momentjs	Moment	>= 1.0.1, < 2.29.2
Tenable	Tenable.Sc	< 5.21.0
Netapp	Active Iq	All versions
Fedoraproject	Fedora	35
Fedoraproject	Fedora	36
Debian	Debian Linux	10.0

References

https://github.com/moment/moment/commit/4211bfc8f15746be4019bba557e29a7ba83d54c5Patch
https://github.com/moment/moment/security/advisories/GHSA-8hfj-j24r-96c4Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QIO6YNLTK2T7SPKDS4JEL45FANLNC2Q/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ORJX2LF6KMPIHP6B2P6KZIVKMLE3LVJ5/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0006/Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/moment/moment/commit/4211bfc8f15746be4019bba557e29a7ba83d54c5Patch
https://github.com/moment/moment/security/advisories/GHSA-8hfj-j24r-96c4Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QIO6YNLTK2T7SPKDS4JEL45FANLNC2Q/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ORJX2LF6KMPIHP6B2P6KZIVKMLE3LVJ5/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0006/Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 4, 2022
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-24785?

How severe is CVE-2022-24785?

CVE-2022-24785 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 5.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24785?

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Source: NVD / NIST